Review · 1998

Testosterone and dominance in men

A. Mazur, A. Booth. Behavioral and Brain Sciences.

States the biosocial model: T encourages dominance attempts; winning raises T and losing lowers it. Reciprocal, not one-way. The paper to cite for the winner–loser loop.

Open source doi:10.1017/S0140525X98001228 PMID 10097017

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Winning a meaningful contest raises T relative to losing. That T change then colors the next contest. A loop, not an arrow.
The other half of the loop: higher T states make another challenge more likely. Evidence is thinner than the win→T half.

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